Volume 52, Number 10

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Despite his liberal record, Barack Obama is making a lot of evangelicals think twice.
John W. Kennedy
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Vatican reluctantly grants Paraguayan Fernando Lugo's request to step down.
Paul Virgo, Religion News Service

The Vatican gives orders to excise the name from worship. Do Protestants agree?
Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra

Recent remarks on leaving Hamas for Jesus, the secular cross, and other news developments.
Compiled by Ted Olsen

CEO of the Christian Medical Association on fertility treatments and discrimination.
Interview by Sarah Pulliam

Todd Bentley and his wife separate, Christian History & Biography ceases publication, and other news.

After years of ambiguity, Senator McCain reveals his spiritual side for public viewing. How will evangelicals respond?
Tony Carnes

Retooling Saddleback's international work and hosting a presidential forum serve a common purpose, says Rick Warren.
Interview by Timothy C. Morgan

Anne Graham Lotz says her success is due to God. Yes. But she is still an extraordinary preacher.
Keri Wyatt Kent

How the strange yet familiar doctrine of theosis can invigorate the Christian life.
James R. Payton Jr.

Bill Mallonee has been called one of the top 100 songwriters in the world, but an audience is hard to find.
Nate Anderson

Conservatives face huge obstacles in putting Anglicanism back together.
Timothy C. Morgan in Canterbury and Jerusalem

Short reviews of Looking Before and After, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, and Paradise Lost.
John Wilson, editor of 'Books & Culture'

Top 5 Books: Character Shapes Belief
Douglas Wilson, coauthor of 'Is Christianity Good for the World?'